After two opening night thrillers, 24 teams were in action Wednesday night playing their first game of the season. It was business as usual for many, but for the league's rookies it was the first ...

WEST LAFAYETTE ― The chip on Braden Smith's shoulder that drives him never goes away. It just becomes something else. Now as a consensus All-American, the reigning Bob Cousy Award winner and pegged as ...

Purdue's Braden Smith is motivated by the stigma that he is not an NBA-caliber player. Smith is on track to break several Purdue and NCAA records, including potentially the NCAA career assists record.

The 2025-26 NBA season is here. We're rolling out our team-by-team previews, player rankings and predictions to get you ready for Opening Night on Oct. 21.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. New York Knicks’ Malcolm Brogdon (5) looks to ...

Russell Westbrook finally has a new home. In what has become a yearly habit, the former NBA MVP award winner is switching teams, having agreed to a contract to play for the Sacramento Kings a week ...

With Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, VJ Edgecombe, Kon Knueppel, and Ace Bailey, the 2025 NBA Draft class was one of the more loaded groups in recent memory. The 2026 class is expected to be just as good, ...

We’re less than a week away from regular season NBA basketball! The 2025-26 NBA season tips off on NBC and Peacock with a doubleheader on October 21, as the Lakers face the Warriors and the Rockets ...

The Cleveland Cavaliers have waived Killian Hayes, reports HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto. Scotto notes that Hayes, who was on an Exhibit 10 deal with Cleveland, is expected to join the team’s G League ...